We had such a fun November! We had Kuma (Jane's godmother) visit us in Singapore from Sydney, our family holiday to Fiji, and lots of activities in between.
We started with a dinner party at Jodie's house, and lucky for us - there was a Halloween Trick-or-Treat planned for that evening. Whilst the parents were eating and drinking, the kids walked around the condo estate... and Sebastian's basket was filled with the most candy! Yes, he loves his candy!
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| Sienna, Jodie, Scarlett, Stephie, Spiderman (Lucian), Sebastian and Arabella |
Next, we had Kuma (mum's godmother from Sydney) and her best friend Blagica (from Melbourne) visit and stay with us. They stayed for 5 days and mum took them around to many places in Singapore. The Marine Park at Sentosa Resorts World, Marina Bay Sands, Garden's by the Bay, Orchid Garden, Little India and Raffles Hotel for a Singapore Sling.
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| Kuma, Stephie, Blagica and Jane |
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| Stephie meeting a new friend |
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| Marine Park at Resorts World Sentosa |
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| Orchid Gardens |
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| Sentosa Cove, lunch on the last day |
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| Orchids at the gardens, mummy took all of these photos |
Stephie went to her friend Elisha's birthday party, it was for Rock Stars only!
Jasper got a makeover ...
And Stephie and Sebastian had their haircuts before our Fiji holiday.
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| Sebastian loves his hair being washed at the hairdresser, he has his eyes closed in this photo enjoying the massage |
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| Growing up so quickly! |
Stephie had a sleepover at her BFF's house (Issey). She didn't want to pack this blue dress in her overnight bag, and mummy insisted she take it ... the next morning after the girls got ready for the day they were excited to have the same dresses on!
We went to see Star Light Express, by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
And mum and dad saw their first ever Bollywood show, The Merchants of Bollywood.
FIJI
Daddy received the holiday through work, as an excellence award. We paid for the kids plane tickets, and extended the holiday from 4 days to a 9 nights / 10 day stay. We first stayed at the Sheraton on Denarau (mainland), then visited Castaway Island for 3 days. We hired a helicopter to take us there.
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| Bula is Hello or Welcome in Fijian |
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| First thing the kids did at the beach was to cover themselves with sand |
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| First sunset |
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| Sebastian wore his grass skirt for several days |
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| Dad hired the jetski and took both kids took long turns each |
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| Lots of blue starfish |
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| We saw 7 rainbows in 10 days |
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| Dad lighted his lantern and we watched it float up to the heavens |
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| We went on a 4wd drip to The Highlands ... and visited a local school. |
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| The girls uniform is pink, in a pink painted classroom - so colourful!!! They were such lovely girls |
As our tour car drove through the countryside of Fiji, we passed a mango farm- $1 for a tray of mangos. Mum asked the chauffer to stop, and two young kids walked up their driveway and we gave them money for their mangos.
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| countryside of Fiji, looking down from the Highlands |
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| Our Fijian host in her home at a village up in the Highlands, doing a cava ceremony |
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| local village boy |
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| local village house |
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| local village game |
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| our host with her beautiful 2-month old baby |
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Tita, our kids club favourite at the Sheraton ... the kids cried for half an hour
when it was time to say goodbye |
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| it took 1 1/2 hours for the braids to be finished |
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| Helicopter ride to Castaway Island |
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| Backseat for the 4 of us |
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| Sebastian loved talking on the microphone |
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| coral reef |
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| Island girl |
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| welcome song from the band |
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| hightide - Castaway Island |
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| exploring |
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| sunset |
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| sunset |
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| bar and restaurant, Castaway Island |
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| sunset |
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| this sunset was amazing, as we ate our dinner, the sky and sea burned with red, gold and pink |
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| wild dolphin tour |
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| we asked ... and they came |
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| the water was so clear, 25-30 dolphins swam, jumped and chased us around our boat |
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| fast ride home - kids were screaming 'freedom'! |
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| party princess, with new sunglasses |
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| getting ready for a kayak around the island |
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| low-tide, our bure |
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| kayaking over the coral reef, it looked like a clear fishtank |
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| sunrise Castaway Island, last day at Fiji |
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| Front seat in the helicopter on the way back to Nadi, Fiji International Airport |
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| Saying hello and having lunch with Aunty Rosa at Sydney International Airport |
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| Kids were so happy to see Rosa again |
Milestones: Stephanie can now ride her bike without training wheels. It took three training sessions with dad running alongside her, and now she is stable on her own.
Stephanie finished her Level 1 in Figure Skating, but she didn't pass the test as she wasn't able to do backward crossovers.
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